At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That’s the only way to defeat terrorism.
ABDULLAH IIOver the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you’re always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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It’s a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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It is always dangerous to underestimate anybody.
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I think the debate in our society now is that people have to agree on zero-tolerance to terrorism.
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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices.
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All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it.
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings,
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I’m not the type of person that is forced.
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Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I’m just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it’s very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don’t learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins.
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Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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